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No. 395,162. Patented Deo.'Z5, 1888.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OEEicE.

GEORGE IV. MCGIIJL, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

HANDLE FOR BOXES, 84c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,162, dated December25, 1888.

Application filed September 15, 1883. erial No. 285,534. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE \V. MOGILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and usefulImprovements in Knobs for Boxes andlikeArticles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple,economical, and efficient knob or handle for the lids of paper or thinwood boxes or receptacles-such as puff -boxes, toilet-cases, and likearticlesthough it is useful for other purposes and can be attached anddetached with ease and facility without the employment of special careor exercise of skill.

The object of my invention I accomplish by the features of constructionand combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a box having my improved knob applied to the lidthereof; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central sectional view of the same; Fig.3, a detail side elevation of the knob prepared for attachment to abox-lid or other article; Fig.4, a cent *al sectional view of the same;Fig. 5, detail perspective views of the parts of the knob separated.Figs. 6 and 7 show alternative constructions of the attaching part ofthe device.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvent-ion, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to thedrawings, where- The numeral 1 indicates a paper box having a lid, 2,provided on the inner and outer sides" with washers 3, of metal or othersufficiently-rigid material, each having a central slot. A tube, l,having a base, head, or rim, 5, rests on the outside washer, and at itsupper end is furnished with a laterally-project ing annular flange, 6. Aduplex pronged head, 7, rests on the flanged upper end of the tube, andthe prongs 8 are flat and close to gether and extend through the tube toa con siderable distance below the lower end thereof, so that they canpass through the box-lid and the inner and outer washers, 3, and then bebent laterally and clinched upon the inner washer. The device, however,may be used without the washers. An imperforate capplate, 9, is appliedto the upper end of the tube by placing a metal disk thereupon, so as tocover and bear upon the head 7 of the prongs, and then spinning orclosing the edge of such disk around and under the annular flange 6 ofthe tube, so as to rigidly connect and immovably fix and hold thepronged head in position in the tube, whereby the prongs cannot movelengthwise by reason of their heads abutting the cap-plate and theflanged end of the tube.

The prongs serve as the attaching device, and to construct the knob withconsiderable economy I preferably make the prongs and their head from asingle strip of flexible metal folded into a head of two thicknesses andextended into the two prongs, which are flat and lie side by side, thewhole constituting a T- shaped attaching-shank, the head whereof isclamped between the cap-plate and the flanged end of the tube, while theprongs pass through the tube and extend beyond the same to pass throughan articlesuch as a box-lidand be bent laterally in opposite directionsand clinched, thus providing a rigid and stationary knob, which ishandsome, attractive, and desirable, more especially for fancy boxesmade of paper, thin wood, or other light and fragile material. Theprongs, however, may be made of two separate pieces, each shaped like anL reversed, so as to give their head a single thickness, as is shown inFig. 6, or of a single piece of metal cut in an H shape and folded so asto bring its lowerprongs in close parallel contact and its upper prongsfolded over at right angles, as shown in Fig. 7.

In Fig. 5 the parts are shown separated to more clearly exhibit theirconstruction, and the cap-plate is substantially as it would appearprevious to being spun into engagement with the flange of the tube.

The boxes may be made and provided with the knob and then placed onsale, or the knob can be manufactured and sold separately.

The device is obviously useful for various other purposes, and while Ido not confine myself to any specific employment of the de vice, Iregard it as providing a novel. and useful knob or handle forboxes andlike articles.

The extremities of the prongs may be pointed, and as the device ispractically one structure it can be applied to paper or other thinarticles by pressing the knob, and thus forcing the prongs therethrough,after which the ends of the prongs are bent laterally and clinched. Thesurface of one prong at its point is made to extend beyond that of theother to facilitate their separation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A knob forbox-lids consisting of atube, a duplex pronged head resting upon one endof the tube and having the two prongs extending through and beyond thelatter to pass through and be bent laterally and clinched upon thearticle, and a cap-plate rigidly secured over the pronged head to holdthe lat ter in the tube, substantially as described.

2. A knob for boxes and similar articles, consisting of a length of tubehaving at one end a lateral annular flange, a duplex pronged head seatedupon the flanged end of the tube,

with the two prongs projecting through and beyond the latter to passthrough the box and be bent laterally and clinched, and a fixedcap-plate extending over the pronged head and spun into engagement withthe flange on the tube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \V. McGILL.

Vitnesses:

THos. L. ScovrLL, JOHN \V. MCGILL.

